The Effects of Human Resource Challenges on the Implementation of Inclusive Education for the Hearing-Impaired Pupils in Wakiso District, Uganda

Abstract

Hearing impaired pupils have been a subject of educational attention globally for many years. In fact, systematic teaching of these learners is a relatively young field as a result historical prejudice by hearing educators and parents who believed that HI children were either incapable to learning or had serious limitation to their potentials, fortunately we now have firm evidence that those prejudices were unfounded. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and targeting 86 HI teachers and a sample population of 64 where 79 teachers and 3 head teachers were selected from the 3 primary schools. The data was analyze using SPSS Version 2.0 data was analyze using simple statistics of percentages and frequency tables. The findings on the effect of human resources challenges on inclusive education indicated a significant positive association between Human Resource Challenges and Inclusive Education (r=0.558, Sig-value=0.000). The researcher recommends that schools should be modified to accommodate hearing impaired learners to enable them fit in and to benefit in inclusive education.